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Outlandish is a very unique hip-hop group. For starters, the trio, based in Denmark, includes a member with a Moroccan background (Isam Bachiri), one with a Pakistani background (Waqas Ali Qadri) and one born in Honduras (Lenny Martinez). All are extremely religious; Bachiri and Qadri are Muslim, Martinez is Catholic. Formed in 1997, the group’s […]

Great hip hop albums are eternal: Nas’ Illmatic, Biggie’s Ready to Die, and Public Enemy’s Fear of a Black Planet. One of the most incredible thing about these albums is how they never sound dated. When they were released, all of them were groundbreaking in their own way, be it politics, general lyricism, or outlook. […]

Rumor has it that Cleveland outfit Bone Thugs-N-Harmony has changed. Words like ’sellout’, ‘mainstream’, and ‘commercial’ are being thrown around. Yes, their latest album will likely be their most successful release to date, and yes, there is a DVD movie in the works; but it’s been nearly twenty years since BTNH started making music, and […]

Joell Ortiz isn’t like most rappers. He’s Latino: a negative in the eyes of some A&R’s. He’s a legitimate “baller”: he was offered scholarships to play college basketball. And he’s intelligent: He scored close to a 1400 on his SAT’s. His debut album, The Brick: Bodega Chronicles, proves Ortiz is unlike most rappers musically as […]

Like it or not, nobody in the hip-hop hemisphere is hotter than Timothy Mosley. After lead production on two albums that together went 4 times platinum, he can’t be ignored anymore. Sitting at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 like it’s his job, the man is responsible for “Maneater” (#16), “Ice Box” (#12), “SexyBack” […]

“This is the sound of what you don’t know killing you” begins the chorus of “Tasmanian Pain Coaster,” the opening track from MC/Producer El-P’s highly anticipated 2007 album I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead. Easily the best publicized independent release of the year thus far, with promotional campaigns ranging from New York Times to Cartoon Network, […]

Devin the Dude is of a rare breed: An avid storyteller with a pension for the extremely surreal. His imagery? Vivid. His references? Interesting. His stories? Strangely gripping. But Devin falters at exactly what should set him apart. His freakishly outlandish tales of sexual deviance and rampant drug use are exceedingly disturbing rather than quirky […]

Not this again. It’s like bad horror movie: “When Decades Return!” Consider the times: circa 1997, the 1970s-redux era was in full swing. Bell-bottoms were back, vintage patterns, hugged booties, and rayon seemed cool again. That 70s Show ran for eight years. I haven’t been the same since. This kind of historical rehashing, a natural […]

Rinse.Style by Christa Williams
Hip hop and punk rock have always had ideological similarities, but now the two cultures have fused their fashion trends together to create, well, modern fashion.

HipHopIsDead by ONI
With Nas dropping an album called Hip Hop Is Dead and Jay-Z failing to revive Def Jam record sales, is hip hop declining? ONI searches beyond MTV for an answer.